Regenerative coke oven



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Patented Apr. 30, 1935 l REGENERATIVE COKE OVEN Wilhelm Mueller, Gleiwitz, Germany Application November 1, 1929, Serial No. 404,109 In Great Britain November 3, 1923 3 Claims. (Cl. 202-142) This invention refers to improvements in or or 3a or lla. A portion of the hot gas and air relating to regenerative coke ovens. can be led upwards, through the passages il and In the coke ovens described in British Patent I2 in the brickwork, to supplement the heating No. 308,994 the chamber walls are connected at flames for the downcast flames. The lower ends 5 the lower ends to serially disposed regenerator of passages il, l2 are for this purpose connected 5 f compartments for heating the gas and air under by means of passages |30, M0, i392-, lla with each oven chamber. the regenerators 4, 3, or 4a, 3e, as shown in The purpose of the present invention is to con- Figs. 2a and 3, each passage ll, l2 being connect the twin heating flues or single heating nected with one regenerator only sothat the filles dletly With, in eaCh CaSe, 0116 0f a humpreheated air and gas are not brought into mu- 10 ber of adjacently disposed gas and air regenertual contact till they emerge at the upper ends ators, situated underneath each oven chamber of passages H, l2. Each of said regenerators is and extending the whole length thereof, thus connected below with the gas and air-supply Y establishing a good balance between the heating passage l or 2, or la or 2a, which are connected at -fmdl1m and JChe exhaust heat, With the result the one Side, t0 the gag and air Valves, and 0n 15 I that a maximum uniform heating of the Walls the other to the exhaust-heat valves and the is obtained. exhaust flue leading to the chimney.

In the drawings:- In the ovens shown in Figs. l and 5, each single Fig. 1 iS alngtudnal SectiOh through the OVSDS heating fluel 'J is connected at the lower end by a 1011 the lines A-A, B-B 0f FgS 2 and 2a. passage 23 and a passage 2 4, to the regenerators 20 ig. 2 iS a CI'OSS SeCOl'l along the lines C-C 3 and 4, whilstthe passages Ila and 52a in the and D-D of Fig. 1 and C--D of Fig. 3. brickwork are connected, through the oblique Fig. 2a iS 2 ClOSS SeG'Oh 1011s the line lV--M passages 25 and 26, with the regenerators 3e or o Figs. 1 and 3. li34 of the adjacent chamber. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section through the heat- In operating the ovens according to Figs. l and 25 ing Wall along the line E-E 0f Figs. 1 and 2. 2, the poor gas is admitted into the passage l Fg- 41S a 1011gl711dna1 SECT/i011 through EL mOdeither through the pipes Z and nozzles D, from ed fOr'm 0f Oven alOIlg the lines FF, G-G below or from the side, and the air is admitted of Fig. 5. into the passages `2, where they are both dis- Fie. 5 is a cross section along the lines H-H tributed, throughout the whole length of the 30 and J-J of Fig. 4. oven, in the regenerators 3 and d and become Fig. 6 is a horizontal section of a portion of strongly heated by the hot chequerwork. The

a: heating Wall taken along the lille Q-Q 0f FgS hot gas and air ascend thence, through openings 4 and 5. i3 and lll, into the heating ues i, where the two Fg- '7 iS a CrOSS section through another form media ascend in a burning condition and are 35 0f Overl With IELHSVGISelY dispOSed twin filles then deflected downwards into the adjacent heator double rows of heating flues in each wall, the ing flue-s B,

section being taken along the line L-L of Fig. 8. In order to increase the heat in the heating Fig. 7a is a cross section similar to Fig. 7 but nues, with downwardly directed flame for the taken along the line N-N of Fig. 8. Y time being, a portion of the hot gas and air rom 40 Fig. 8 is a horizontal section taken along the the regenerators is led upwards through passages line P--P of Fig. 7. Il or l2 in the brickwork, to the reversing points Fig. 9 is a sectional view of an oven battery or" the twin heating nues, so as to burn conjointly as shown in Figs. 4 to 6, the section being taken with the descending flames. At the lower end perpendicular to the length of the oven chambers or" the heating nues 8, the exhaust gases then pass 45 and heating walls, and through the similar openings 53a and Ma under Fig. 10 is a cross section longitudinal of the theadjacent ovens to the regenerators 3EL or lla,-

heating walls taken along the lines Y1--Y1 and where they part with their heat to the chequer- Y2-Y2 of Figs. 7 and '7a. work, and escape through the passages la or 2@ As shown in Figs. 1, 2, 2a. and 3, the heating to the exhaust flue and chimney and into the 50 walls W situated between the oven chambers K, open air. are divided into pairs of twin heating lues 'l' and After the usual reversal of the gas, air and eX- 8, each of which according to this invention, is haust valves, at'hal-hour intervals, the gas and connected at its lower end by means of openings air now pass through the passages la and i.a

55 I3 or I4, with gas or air-regenerators 3 or 4, through the regenerators 3a and te, and the open- 55 ators- 3 .orf 4,-; over: g-the `Single ings I3a and Ida, to the heating flues 8, Where they ascend in a burning condition, and, at the reversing points, receive additional fresh gas and air, whereupon they descend through the heating lues 7 and the openings i3 and I 4 into the regenerators 3 and d, and pass off through the passages I and 3 to the exhaust flue and chimney.

The oven according to Figures 7, 7a and 8 operates inthe Same. Wayls in Figs. l and 2 but in this case-thegheatingvflarnes pass in to thedoublerow heating iiues of the walls-upwardly through all the ues 'E .on the one side-and are then. diverted downwards at the reversing points at the top, into all the heating flues 8 and vice versa.

Supplementary horizontal passages I Ib and I2b on the` other side,

are provided between the vertical-passageg-i t and I2 and the heating flues 'I and 8,?,E'igsg''gandl;f

in order to secure air and gas admissionatdiierent levels.

z'lheipassages! I, Hare Connected in the manner shown.y in;'Figuredmwith-fthgregeneratls, 3.:- 4 .or

3% aby meansofrpassages each-@passaggi I Orf-,l 2; being 4.3%; V5459,; 133%,- Mita essere not brought fintotmutual .Contact-till. they emergent@ thepassagesl Et or` I2?.-

.The Ovens according-td Fiese ,and 5i .operatein almQSt-:the SameAmannekes:describedfabova. but with thefdiierence ,that eachrzfsingle `lne-ating vdu@ is heated"alternately;fronttbelow 01. abova with I fresh-flames namely in theiOIlQWing manner;-

1 poQr-.gaS-.s introduced through the. ..passage l thang thrugh ,the passage '2, .t0 the regenerjwhole length of the..oven; aedfthgygpassfthence, 24, into each-fsinglefheating flue..'I,f wherethey unite andY ascend aburningcondition. At the topf thefflamesfwm the :passage .2 y then descend threughetheepassaggs I l'a-Orl 2am thelbrilrwork"Y and, throught the :Openings 25 and :26 to the regenerators 3a and-,41%,- -whence v.they .flow through the, passagesflg'ovviinto the open airbywayof the exhaust flue and-chimney After the usual Areagersalof :ther gasf.- ,airy and`l exhaust fvalves the gastandair owfthroughthevpassagesle and-'2% theiregeneratorsaand 4a the ,openings 25 and 26,;:thefpassages-I Ia and'I 22E-in the brickwormand pass4 fromthe toppassage f `2G ,tinto each;

heating; ua which they-descend in aburnmgonditiongpassing throughthe openingsY agenti 24 4 infn the ,regalerators, s and 4;, and the exhaust l .and 2-.;in.t0. thehimnev.

In operating,theovenswith rich gas alone, the

pipes supplying the poor gasare shutoff, so that both regenerators operate alternately, solely-for preheating1 the air.: heat.

f In 4Fig gasfis admitted intoy the or drawing 01T the exhaust heatingues from/below,

either thrOllgh the horizontal passages 9 andimor-;frQm-the.pipes R by way of the. nozzles X; Whereasfontheother hand, they upper supply oivgas-isI effected-,through the passage I6 correspondingznozzles I6a being provided for each'heatingw 1lu- I n-thepvens according to Figs. 4 and 5, the rich gas can also bevsupplied to the single heating iiues 70,;gfrgm ,below-through ahhorizontal passage Se, or

through nozzles X from a lower pipe R; whereas the,uppersupply lof gasis admitted from above inteeach pftheheating-flues, through the passage Isand suitably-calibrated-.stone nozzles Ia;

9the presentV invention em- CenneC-ted with One regenerater wlmi-S0 :.thatrthefpreheated- :air-1 and 'I tk1-1iiughl theopenings 23 or heatzescapes thence through the passages f bodies a further improvement in the heating of the coking chamber walls in a group or battery of coke ovens in so far, that the oven walls according to Figs. 4 and 5 can be heated with fresh flames the full length of the ovens in all heating nues alternately in the one wall from below upwardly and in the next wall from above downwardly and so forth. In the same manner, the gas and air in theregenerators3and4 which are connected to the heating jiiues Z, have alternately an upward direction of ilow under the one oven, anda downward drection of flow of the waste heat in the regenerators 3a and 4a under the next oven chamber;

This methodof heating the coking chamber alv ternately in theone wall with fresh flames in all flues;Z.upwards andi-at the same time in the neighbour wallwith fresh flames in all flues Z downwards, results in a great improvement in the equal distribution of the heat over the full height and lengthsof-,the-foven and -ensures va--shorter coking time andbetter-,uniform coke, gasI and by; products. Contraryto- -thefmethodsvfup Itonow inuse. i.y e. heating apart of` theoven lines-from,- below with. fresh .nainesyonly andgheatingjgthef. other part of vilueswith the waste'heatflarnesv of the former, but not with fresh live flames.`

rlhe .technical advantage furnished by `the 'invention consists in that the pairs of twin heating flues, or each singleheatingflueofthechamber walls can be operated, the full-length ofthe oven,4 with uniformly distributed ,hotgasgand hot air, the..result being, in addition to'simpliiiedcon-f. struction, a uniformly strong Iheat throughout 'the length.y and heightpftheoven wall,=and Yconse-.. duentlyy more rapid @ckingand bettercoke and;y by-products. Also, in operating the ovensmwithf, rich gas, a substantial advantageis.securedrin that theqoven `walls arefoperated, all the way along, with uniformly.r distributed air and exay haustfheatyso that Vthe combustionl flames generate a perfectly unifoimg-fheatin alll the-heating. flues.

What I claim is:- Y

.L A regenerative .coke-oven. cagas-retort .furnace including -a sserigeOraltemateahgrizentally; elongated Y achting-chambers, ,andi heating;l Walls therefor arranged; yside-,by side in va row, each oie said heating walls having arranged thereingat least one-row v ofvertical heating i'lues,a.se riesfof horizontally elongated regeneratorsarranged below andparallelwith; the series of, cokingfcha bers, each-coking chamber beingflocatedTabovaa,1 pair of contiguous regenerators, valve means for, admitting `air ,tov all the -regenerators andWeak-,gas to one regenerator of vevery pair, and for exhausts ing Awaste gases from al1 thek regenerators, said.

valve means.,beingoperable.for enabling alternate pairs of, regenerators to function as-,admission and exhaust -rergenerators respeotivelyand4 for reversingthe functions of ,therregenerators together with means for supplying-'freshv flamesA to and-exhausting waste gases Afrom each heating flue yat the top,andy bottom-,-thereof;alternatelyf that is in lsuch wise that on reversal of flow` through the regenerators the direction of vflow-in each heating flue r.is reversed, isaidw, lasty named means including -at least one rowv of vertical ducts arranged in each heating `wall in the intervals betweenl the `heating flues, together With means,-in terconnecting the upper end of each of Ysaid gdrltztst,Y with the upper ends of the heating iiues adjacent thereto, and two` sets y `ofV substantial-ly; straight; inclined transfer passages4 issuingironru the re-fv generators andpaiftly lcrossingover o ne another,

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the transfer passages of the one set leading directly and independently into the-lower end of each of the heating flues and the transfer passages of the second set being each prolonged by one of said vertical ducts for connecting the regenerators with upper ends of the heating flues".

2. A regenerative coke-oven or gas-retort furnace including a series of alternate horizontally elongated coking chambers and heating walls therefor arranged side by side in a row, a series of horizontally elongated paired regenerators,

each of the members of each pair of regenerators being contiguous to the other member of the pair and arranged directly below and parallel with a coking chamber, at least one row of vertical heating ues arranged in each heating wall, at least one row of vertical ducts in each heating wall, said ducts being arranged in the intervals between adjacent heating ilues, means interconnecting the upper end of each of said ducts with the upper ends of the heating iiues adjacent thereto, vsubstantially straight inclined ducts directly connecting the lower end of each heating flue with both regenerators of a pair underlying a coking-chamber adjacent said last named heating flue; and other substantially straight inclined ducts each forming a downward prolongation of one of said vertical ducts for communication directly with one of the regenerators of a pair underlying a colring-chamber adjacent said last named Vertical duct; the inclined ducts connecting any pair of regenerators with the heating flues and vertical ducts of the heating walls adjacent said pair of regeneratorson either side being arranged partly to cross over one another; together with reversible valve means for admitting air and gas to and exhausting waste .gases from alternate pairs of regenerators.

3. A regenerative coke oven or a gas retort furnace comprising a series of alternate horizontally elongated coking chambers and heating walls therefor arranged side by side in a row, each of said heating walls having a single row of Vertical flues and a series of vertical ducts, at least one such duct being arranged in each of the 1ntervals between adjacent flues of a row and a horizontal passageway interconnecting the upper ends of said flues and ducts= a series of horizontally elongated regenerators arranged below and parallel with the series of coking chambers, each coking chamber being arranged above a pair of contiguous regenerators, valve means for admitting air to all regenerators and weak gas to one regenerator of each pair, and for exhausting waste products from all regenerators, said valve means being operable for enabling alternate pairs of regenerators to function as admission and exhaust regenerators respectively and for reversing the functions of the regenerators, together with substantially straight transfer passages connecting the regenerators with the lower ends of the flues and vertical ducts, said transfer passages being so arranged that the flues of the same heating wall are connected alternately with the regenerator pairs on opposite sides of said heating wall, each ue -being directly and independently connected with both regenerators of a pair, while the vertical ducts in the same heating wall are connected in alternate pairs with the regenerator pairs on opposite sides of said heating wall, each vertical duct being directly and independently connected with one member of a regenerator pair only.

WILHELM MUELLER. 

